Habenaria acuifera Wall. ex Lindl. (E. Himalaya to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)
Habenaria aitchisonii Rchb.f. (Afghanistan to W. & S. Central China and N. Myanmar: Afghanistan, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Habenaria arietina Hook.f. (Himalaya to SE. Tibet and N. Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)         Habenaria barbata Wight ex Hook.f. (S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO)
Habenaria barnesii Summerh. ex C.E.C.Fisch. (SW. India as per POWO)   Habenaria brachyphylla (Lindl.) Aitch. (India as per POWO)
Habenaria cephalotes Lindl. (S. India as per POWO)
Habenaria commelinifolia (Roxb.) Wall. ex Lindl. (Indian Subcontinent to China (SW. Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Habenaria crinifera Lindl. (Indian Subcontinent: East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka as per POWO) Habenaria dentata (Sw.) Schltr. (Himalaya to Japan and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Habenaria digitata Lindl. (Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Habenaria diphylla (Nimmo) Dalzell (Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) and Philippines: Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, West Himalaya as POWO)
Habenaria elliptica Wight (SW. India as per POWO)
Habenaria elwesii Hook.f. (SW. India as per POWO)
  Habenaria ensifolia Lindl. (Himalaya: East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Habenaria foliosa A.Rich. (W. India as per POWO)
Habenaria furcifera Lindl. (Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan): Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida Blatt. & McCann (Himalaya to India and Indo-China: Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO (Habenaria thailandica Seidenf.))
Habenaria gibsonii Blatt. & McCann (India as per POWO (Habenaria laciniata Dalzell))    Habenaria grandifloriformis Blatt. & McCann (India as per POWO)
Habenaria heyneana Lindl. (SW. India as per POWO)
Habenaria intermedia D.Don (Pakistan to Myanmar and S. Tibet: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Habenaria longicorniculata J.Graham (India as per POWO)
Habenaria longicornu Lindl. (SW India as per POWO) Habenaria malintana (Blanco) Merr. (Central Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China, Philippines, East Timor: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)
Habenaria marginata Colebr. (Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan): Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Habenaria modesta Dalzell (SW. India as per POWO)       Habenaria panigrahiana S.Misra (India (Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu) as per POWO)
Habenaria pectinata D.Don (Pakistan to China (S. Yunnan) and W. Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Habenaria periyarensis Sasidh., K.P.Rajesh & Augustine (SW. India (Kerala) as per POWO) Habenaria perrottetiana A.Rich. (SW. India (from POWO)) Habenaria plantaginea Lindl. (Indian Subcontinent, Lesser Sunda Islands (Timor): Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Lesser Sunda Is., Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Habenaria pubescens Lindl. (W. & Central Himalaya as per POWO)
Habenaria rariflora A.Rich. (SW. India as per POWO)
Habenaria reniformis (D.Don) Hook.f. (Nepal to China (Guangdong) and E. India, N. Sumatera: Assam, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)
Habenaria roxburghii Nicolson (India, Sri Lanka as per POWO)
Habenaria sahyadrica K.M.P.Kumar, Nirmesh, V.B.Sreek. & Kumar (India (Karnataka, Kerala) as per POWO)
Habenaria stenopetala Lindl. (Himalaya to Nansei-shoto and Philippines, W. New Guinea: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Habenaria suaveolens Dalzell (W. India as per POWO) Habenaria viridiflora (Rottler ex Sw.) Lindl. (India to Indo-China, Sri Lanka, China (N. Guangxi): Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)         . Habenaria crassifolia, Habenaria foliosa var. foetida, Habenaria marginata var. flavescens, Habenaria multicaudata, Habenaria ovalifolia, …, …, Habeneria stenopetala, . Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004)- Description with Keys– Habenaria elwesii, Habenaria multicaudata, . Species with description & keys in Flora of Pakistan : Habenaria aitchisonii Reichb.f. apud Aitch. Habenaria digitata Lindl. Habenaria edgeworthii Hook.f. ex Collett Habenaria furcifera Lindl. Habenaria intermedia D. Don Habenaria latilabris (Lindl.) Hook.f. Habenaria marginata Colebr. Habenaria pectinata D. Don . Habenaria Willd.: The Bog Orchid : 5 posts by 2 authors. Habenaria Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 44 (1805). The name Habenaria is derived from, “habena” meaning whip or strap, referring to the thread like fringes of the lip in the flowers. This is one of the biggest genera of terrestrial orchids inn the world represented by around 800 species distributed from Tropical and Subtropical regions to South Siberia. The genus is represented by 71 species in India distributed across the landscape. Habenaria species have small to large underground root tubers and erect stems ~10 – 100 cm length. Leaves are lanceolate or ovate, and are borne either along the stem (cauline) or only at the base (basal). When basal, leaves lie flat on the ground. Flowers are mostly green, white, yellow and green, or white and green, but a few exceptions have brilliant red flowers. The column is frequently complicated, with long organs sticking out of it (stigma processes, lateral rostellum arms, anther canals). The plant is a perennial deciduous, with the entire above-ground part of the plant dying back each year. This is considered as one of the problematic group due to its complex morphology and lots of synonyms. Just the genus has around 41 synonyms. Very common indian orchid genera like Peristylus, Pecteilis, Platanthera etc have emerged from Habenaria. I would be adding few pics from my collection of Habenaria during my next posting… Will also try to recall old posting for this eflora to make a proper set, with due credits to the respective owners of particular pictures. Just to add, many of these pics were taken during early stages of my research when I didnt have a good camera so, please bear with the bad pictures. .  Habenaria !: 1 high res. image. 8 Habenaria species from Nepal, 5 from Kathmandu Valley and 3 from West Nepal ! . Habenaria (Orchidaceae) page with comparative images: Pl. go through Habenaria (Orchidaceae) page with comparative images of species in efloraofindia. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details. I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genus (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice. Pl. circulate it widely, for the benefit of all concerned. Thanks a lot, Pankaj Kumar ji, for most of the identifications. |
